1. Timeline Practice Using the slips of paper
Try to put the events in chronological order
Please do not use your notes, phone or textbook

2. WORLD WAR I
From Neutrality to War

3. Causes of WWI Militarism Alliances Imperialism Nationalism
Glorifying ones military power and values
Alliances
Central Powers
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire
Allied Powers
France
Russia
Britain
Imperialism
Conquering weaker nations/spreading ones ideas to weaker countries
Nationalism
Strong pride/loyalty in ones nation

4. Policy of neutrality President Woodrow Wilson wanted to stay neutral
Offered loans and sold weapons/supplies
"impartial in thought, as well as action"
A country of immigrants
By 1914, 32 million Americans were foreign born, or born to foreign parents

5. German U-boats British had been blocking supplies to Germany
Solution: German U-Boats
Submarine
Germany declared the waters around Britain a war zone
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
International Law
Search ships, sink only if passengers/crew were off
Strict Accountability
Wilson protested against German policy

6. Lusitania - 1917 U-boat sinks the Lusitania, a passenger ship
No warning
128 Americans killed
Germany claimed it was carrying weapons/supplies
"murder on the high seas“ – T. Roosevelt
Germany sunk two more ships
Arabic (Britain)
Sussex (France)
Sussex Pledge
Wilson threatened to break off diplomatic relations with Germany if it did not stop surprise attacks.
US and Britain agree to stop blockades

7. Preparedness movement
Movement led by former president Theodore Roosevelt
called on the government to increase U.S. military strength
convince Americans of the need for U.S. involvement in the war
 Advocates called for an army of a million trained men and a navy larger than Great Britain's.
Wilson eventually supported during re-election
Propaganda
information or rumor spread by a group or government to promote its own cause or ideas or to damage an opposing cause or idea.

8. Zimmerman telegram
Britain intelligence broke code between Germany and Mexico
Zimmermann suggested that if the United States entered the war, Mexico and Germany should become allies
Germany would then help Mexico regain lost territory in
New Mexico
Texas
Arizona
U.S. enters war April 1917

9. wAR

10. Songs from WWI Listen to "Over There"
a song written during World War I
by George M. Cohan, an American composer and entertainer.
Then answer these questions:  • What is the mood of this music? Does the mood match the lyrics? Explain. • According to this song, why should young men fight in the war? • What do you think Cohan's purpose was in writing this song? 

11. Songs from WWI Listen to "On Patrol in No-Man's Land,"
a song written by James Reese Europe in 1919
about his experience as a lieutenant in the 369th Regiment of the U.S. Army.
Then answer these questions:
What is the mood of this music? Does the mood match the lyrics? Explain.
According to this song, what dangers do soldiers have to look out for?
What do you think Europe's purpose was in writing this song? 

12. A war of firsts Army of about 200,000 Selective Service Act Doughboys
Low pay, lacked equipment
Selective Service Act
National Draft
All men ages 21 to 30 to register for military service at local polling stations
Doughboys
First American troops to reach French soil
Segregated forces
Many were not allowed in combat
369th Regiment
African American regiment
Hell Fighters’

13. WWI Technologies Howitzers Flamethrower Heavy artillery Rifle
600 bullets/min
Flamethrower
Heavy artillery
2,100-pound shell a distance of more than 9 miles.
Rifle
Most widely used
Trench Warfare
Chemical Warfare
Airplanes
Zeppelins
Battleships
Convoy system

14. The End of WWI

15. Wilson’s 14 points Post war program
World would be safe for every peace loving nation
Self-determination

16. Paris Peace Conference
January 1919
Wilson was head of conference
Establish a permanent agency to resolve world disputes
Peace vs retribution

17. League of Nations
Organization in which the nations of the world would join together to ensure security and peace
If one nation attacked, considered attack on all
No military power
US congress did not approve

18. Treaty of Versailles Redrawing the map of Europe
Nine new nations
Buffer zone
Minorities
War guilt and reparations
France & Germany
$33 billion
Signing the treaty
June 28th, 1919

19. WWI CRASH COURSE
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20. The war at home

21. Your Task
The home front chart

22. The Treaty of Versailles
To ratify or not